Erica+Roe


 * SUMMARY: "Erica," age 20, died of abortion complications some time around 1974.**

Life Dynamics lists Erica on their "Blackmun Wall" of women killed by [|safe and legal abortion].

Erica was 20 years old and 22 weeks pregnant when she sought an abortion in 1974. [|Saline] was injected into her uterus to poison the fetus and induce labor.

Before she expelled the fetus, Erica suffered an amniotic fluid [|embolism], which embolism triggered a fatal blood-clotting disorder.

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.



Source: Life Dynamics "Blackmun Wall" citing “Fatal Pulmonary Embolism During Legal Induced Abortion in the United States from 1972-1985,” Lawson, Herschel W., MD, Atrash, Hani K., MD, MPH, Franks, Adele L., MD, //American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology//, Vol. 162, No. 4, April 1990, p. 986-990

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